# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joao-canijo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:38:21.866Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joao-canijo"
name: "João Canijo"
slug: "joao-canijo"
description: "João Canijo was a Portuguese film director. His film Get a Life was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. His 2011 film Blood of My Blood was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist."
tagline: "Portuguese film director and screenwriter (1957–2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MKr25870_Jo%C3%A3o_Canijo_(Mal_Viver%2C_Berlinale_2023).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Portugal"
  isoCode: "PT"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1957-12-10"
deathDate: "2026-01-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.632364
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  229
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0133981/"
    handle:    "nm0133981"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "João Canijo"
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    title: "João Canijo"
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    title: "João Canijo"
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    title: "João Canijo"
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    title: "João Canijo"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump